John 6:32

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not [really] Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who is [now] giving you the real bread from heaven.

Cross References

John 15:1

[Jesus continued], “I am the real vine, and my Father is the owner of the vineyard.

John 6:58

This is the bread that came down from heaven [i.e., Jesus is referring to Himself]. [It is] not like [the bread] our forefathers ate and [then] died. The person who eats this bread will live forever.”

Galatians 4:4

But, when [God’s] timing fully arrived, He sent His Son, born to a woman [i.e., Mary], born during [the time when] the Law [of Moses was still in effect],

John 6:55

For my physical body is real food and my blood is [the] real drink.

John 6:50

[But] this is the bread that has come down from heaven [i.e., Jesus is referring to Himself], so that a person who eats of it [i.e., believes in Jesus] will not die [spiritually].

John 6:41

So the Jews, [who were assembled in the synagogue. See verse 59] began complaining about Jesus because He had said; “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

John 6:35

Jesus replied, “I am the bread who gives [spiritual] life; the person who comes to me will never get hungry [again], and the one who believes in me will never get thirsty [again].

John 6:33

For the bread God gives is the One [see verse 35] who comes down from heaven, and [He] gives [spiritual] life to the world.”

John 1:9

[Now] the true Light, who enlightens all mankind, was [indeed] coming into the world [i.e., to earth].

1 John 5:20

And [in addition], we know that the Son of God has come [in a physical body, See 4:2] and has given us understanding, so that we can know the True One [i.e., God], and that we are in [fellowship with] the True One, even His Son Jesus Christ. This Son is the true God and eternal life.

John 6:31

Our forefathers ate the [supernatural] ‘manna’ in the desert, as it is written [Neh. 9:15], ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”